Ozark's first city-owned canine officer dies

1:20 AM,
Dec. 15, 2013

Ozark police drug dog Cezar had his own badges.

Written by

Rance Burger
RBURGER@NEWS-LEADER.COM

Thanksgiving turned somber for an Ozark family and the city's police officers, who said goodbye to canine officer Cezar.

"He was our second police dog for the city of Ozark, but he was the first city-owned dog," Officer Kevin Mayes said.

Mayes solicited donations for the Ozark Police Department to purchase Cezar in 2003. Ozark police officers, citizens and business owners helped raise about $13,000 for Cezar to travel from his native Czech Republic to Cape Girardeau, where he received further training in drug detection. ...